It was a pretty busy week here on Real Southern Men. And with a busy week, there’s always a chance y’all missed something. Here’s you chance to slow down, grab a sweet tea and catch up on some real Southern goodness…

Yesterday, we shared with you the best of our musings about Southern life, family and our own histories. Today, we go the other way. Southern storytelling has a long history of humor, peppered with hyperbole, wit and sarcasm, sweetened with a heaping spoonful of gentility. Like good Southern cooking, it’s complex – savory and sweet.

Here’s an amazing fact, at least to us: we’ve published more than 120 posts in just two short months of existence here at RSM. That’s an average of about two posts per day. And there are a ton of other content ideas that we haven’t even touched, yet.

We here at Real Southern Men are excited to introduce you to our newest contributor, Adam Caperton. At turns a chef, wine bar operator and bona fide rock musician, Adam brings touches of both cool and class to our ragtag band of Southern pontificators. We look forward to his musings on Southern food, wine, travel […]

In honor of the Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and Drake’s Raid in St. Augustine, we’ve dubbed this Pirate Week on RSM. First, we delved into the mystery of why the Billy Bowlegs Festival claims William Augustus Bowles as its patron pirate … despite the fact that he was never called Billy […]

As the recovery begins for the Southern states devastated by recent storms, we’ll post links here to ways you can help. Volunteer: Hands on Birmingham is a volunteer resource for Central Alabama. The city of Tuscaloosa’s official volunteer organization effort can be reached at 205.561.4169. Oak Mountain Church in Birmingham has set up a disaster […]